Updated throughout the day. Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) may buy BP plc (NYSE: BP) various BP plc may sell assets in Prudhoe Bay To Apache (NYSE: APA). (various) Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will…
BP Plc is in talks to sell up to $12 billion of assets, including a stake in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay, to Apache Corp to help pay for its Gulf of Mexico oil…
For the past 40 years a natural gas liquefaction plant on Alaska’s Cook Inlet has been producing LNG and shipping it to Asia. The plant is owned by ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP),…
The continuing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has called into question drilling safety practices for oil in the ultra-deepwaters of the world. Drilling in a well in water more than 5,000…
Executives at Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN) are probably congratulating themselves on their foresight this week. The company has spent the last year divesting itself of virtually all its assets in the Gulf…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Started as Sector Underperform at Scotia. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)…
Jim Cramer came out on CNBC’s MAD MONEY this evening with an interesting grouping of stock trends to invest in for 2010 and he thinks this is the year of active investing. …
We have already seen earnings from Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) and BP Plc (NYSE: BP), and these figures are acting to keep a lid on oil stocks. There is, of course,…
These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street we have seen early this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Apache (APA) Raised…
These are the top analyst calls we have seen in the oil patch and in the energy sector this Monday morning: Apache (NYSE: APA) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse. Denbury Resources…
Yesterday’s story about Venezuela opening the bidding for its oil resources raised an interesting question. What are the chances that Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), with nearly $40 billion in cash at the…
The International Energy Agency released its World Energy Outlook yesterday. The headline number is that the IEA predicts oil prices will rise to $200/b by 2030. The agency cites rising demand from…
Before the market opened this morning, Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) reported third quarter net income of $2.6 billion (EPS of $5.92) on revenue of $5.99 billion. After backing out a non-cash gain from…
These are some of the top analyst pre-market upgrades we are seeing early this Monday morning: Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Apache (APA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Applied…
The ups and downs of the government’s attempts to get a bailout package for financial institutions is leading the major players in the oil patch to remain really quiet. Given the yelping…
